Best USB Camera for a Rookie Team

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Originally Posted by techhelpbb

For those in this topic having no issue with the Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000:

Are you using the Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 for image recognition (like GRIP), or just so your driver can see?

We are using it as a way for our driver to line up with defenses we want to cross, as well as line up with the low goal. We have a separate Ethernet camera for vision tracking and such. We also have another one of the Microsoft cameras that connects to a raspberry pi for a periscope. They are great cameras that we have been using for the past couple years and we have never had a problem with them. I highly suggest these cameras for any team that wants to throw one on some point in the competition season (this year we ended up drilling through the metal band at the end and putting a few rivets in to secure it). Right now they are around $22 on Amazon so in my opinion they are a great "bang for your buck" camera.

Good luck